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LSA Bulletin Bulletin March 2008 Linguistic Society of America 1325 18th St. NW, Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501 [email protected] www.lsadc.org Table of Contents LSA News ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Highlights of the January 2008 Executive Committee Meeting .................................................................................... 3 Highlights of the January 2008 Business Meeting ........................................................................................................ 5 Highlights of the Program Committee Report ............................................................................................................... 6 Report on the 2007 Linguistic Institute ......................................................................................................................... 7 LSA Meetings and Institutes ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Other Meetings and Institutes ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Grants, Fellowships and Awards ................................................................................................................................. 12 Job Opportunities ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................................................... 22 In memoriam ............................................................................................................................................................... 23 The LSA Bulletin is published electronically four times per year (March, June, October, and December) by the Secretariat of the Linguistic Society of America, 1325 18th Street, NW, Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501 and is e-mailed to all members of the Society. News items should be sent to David Robinson, Editor, LSA Bulletin at [email protected]. All materials must arrive at the LSA Secretariat by the 1st of the month of publication. Annual dues for U.S. regular members are $75.00; U.S. student dues are $30.00 per year, with proof of status; U.S. institutional subscriptions to Language are $135. Add $10 additional to all categories to cover shipment of Language to non-U.S. addresses. Join the LSA or renew your membership online at www.lsadc.org. LSA News Staff Changes at Secretariat The LSA welcomes David Robinson to the newly-created position of Director of Membership and Meetings. David joins Katha Kissman, Interim Executive Director, and Rita Lewis, Executive Assistant at the Secretariat. David comes to us after nearly twenty years at Georgetown University, where he worked initially as the administrator of Georgetown’s large linguistics department. More recently, he was a full-time assistant to University Professor Deborah Tannen. He is also well acquainted with the field itself, with both undergraduate (B.A. Indiana University) and graduate (M.A. Indiana University, ABD Georgetown) study to his credit. A longtime Washington, DC resident, David enjoys bicycling, cooking, and choral singing. The position of Director of Membership and Meetings will support regular, student and institutional memberships as well as the LSA’s Annual Meetings, Summer Meetings and Linguistic Institutes. The Committee on Committees and Delegate Appointments is now in the process of accepting nominations for LSA committee service. For a list of LSA Committees, please visit the following webpage: www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-comm.cfm Anyone selected to serve on an LSA Committee must be a member in good standing. Nominations may be self or other. To be considered, all nominations must include the nominee’s name, complete contact information, the committee for which he/she is being nominated, and a brief statement regarding why the nominee would make a good candidate for that committee. If the nomination is other rather than self, it is highly advisable to consult with the nominee to ascertain the willingness to serve prior to putting his/her credentials forward and indicate that this has been done in the nomination. The deadline for committee nominees is Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Please note that nomination does not constitute appointment. The Committee on Committees and Delegate Appointments will review and recommend to the Executive Committee candidates for the available slots on each committee. Committee members normally serve for three-year terms beginning January 2009; for select committees, the term is shorter. Most committees conduct the bulk of their work via email and telephone with an in- person meeting at the Annual Meeting. Also note that it is the Executive Committee’s expectation that members who accept committee appointments and who end up neither contributing nor participating in committee activities will be asked to resign. Please forward committee nominations by email to David Robinson, Director of Membership and Meetings, at LSA. His email address is [email protected]. Member submissions. The Secretariat welcomes member submissions. Submissions may include but are not limited to: upcoming conferences; grant, fellowship and award opportunities; news items of interest to linguists; news items about LSA members; and death notices. Submission of an item does not guarantee its publication in the Bulletin. Submissions should be addressed to David Robinson, editor of the Bulletin, at [email protected]. LSA BULLETIN, March 2008 page 2 Highlights of the January 2008 Executive Committee Meeting The Officers and Executive Committee met on Thursday, January 3rd, at the Hilton Chicago at 8:00 a.m. and continued until 6:00 p.m. Those attending were Executive Committee members Steve Anderson (President), Jennifer Cole, Michael Frank (Bloch Fellow), Diane Lillo-Martin, Monica Macaulay, Sally McConnell-Ginet (Past President), Johanna Nichols, Dennis Preston, Gregory Ward (Secretary-Treasurer), and Thomas Wasow. Also present were LSA Executive Director Felix Oliver and invited guests Paul Chapin (Incoming Secretary-Treasurer), Donna Christian (Center for Applied Linguistics and member of the Audit Committee), Brian Joseph (Editor, Language), Cornelius Puschmann (Representative, eLanguage), Katha Kissman (Previous Interim Executive Director & Consultant), and Cathy O'Connor and Chris Kennedy (Co-Chairs, Program Committee). Dieter Stein, (Editor-in-Chief, eLanguage) arrived late but was present for part of the meeting. A. Motions of Approval The minutes of the May 2007 Executive Committee meeting and the proposed agenda were approved as presented with a note to correct the spelling of Keren Rice’s name. B. President's Business The Executive Committee approved a motion to extend deep thanks to Stanford University, Peter Sells and his committee for the outstanding 2007 Institute. The Executive Committee extended its congratulations to the 2008 LSA Fellows: Judith Aissen, Paul Chapin, John Goldsmith, Richard Kayne, Jay Jasanoff, Howard Lasnik, Sally McConnell-Ginet, Marianne Mithun, Geoffrey Pullum, Jerrold M. Sadock and Ivan A. Sag. The Fellows will be recognized at the 2008 Business Meeting on January 4, 2008. C. Secretary-Treasurer's Business The Committee verified the ballots taken by mail since the May 2007 meeting. A graph was provided that showed the membership data trends from 1994 to present. Memberships declined by 20% from 4,619 in 1994 to 3,709 in 2004. In 2004, this membership decline began to reverse back up to a current membership of 4,433 at the end of 2007. It was noted that this trend reversal corresponds to the time when LSA instituted the organizational website and other technology aspects in order to better serve the members. This also likely contributed to the fact that students (both U.S. and non-U.S.) memberships are at an all-time high (1,797 total). Regular memberships, however, continue to trend down (total 2,109). The election returns for terms beginning in 2008 were Sarah Thomason as Vice President/President-Elect, Paul Chapin as Secretary-Treasurer, Brian Joseph as Editor of Language, and Alice Harris and Catherine Ringen to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee reviewed the Finance Committee’s recommendation not to reappointment an investment advisor at this time noting that instead the incoming Secretary-Treasurer will review the situation and will make a recommendation at the Spring Executive Committee meeting as to whether such a position is necessary and, if so, who might fill it. It was noted that Terence ("Terry") Langendoen’s term expires as of this meeting and he should be thanked for his service. LSA BULLETIN, March 2008 page 3 The Committee approved an increase in the charge for Linguistic Institute transcripts, recommended by the Finance Committee, from $7.00 to $8.00. The Committee approved the conferral of the Linguistic Service Award to Cathy O’Connor, due to the exceptional service she provided to the Linguistic Society of America as Program Co-Chair, and especially in light of the staffing and transition challenges at the Secretariat. D. Meetings Peter Sells’ report from the Stanford 2007 Linguistic Institute was received with thanks. Preparations are under
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